In the second of a three-part series, Suvojit Bagchi meets the ‘eyes and ears’ of the Maoist and state militias. During my stay in Dandakaranya’s Maoist-dominated areas that lasted five weeks, I saw hundreds of young boys and girls with staleness in their eyes and an indifferent demeanour. One of them, Suklu, a man in his early 20s, accompanied me to Mettagaon, a village dominated … Continue reading ‘I don’t know how many Naxals I’ve killed’ – Suvojit Bagchi